Originally Posted by Crazy T

Exactly Vince, I agree with you that Dr. Ola Balogun is an excellent Director (See Ajani Ogun and others) but I really don't like its attitude towards Nollywood. You see before I met Dr. Balogun, I respect him so much because of his works. But after meeting him during the documentary of coming soon (documentary on Nollywood) I produced for a Holland television. Although I still respect him for his work and age but I was really disappointed in the way he talked about Nollywood. He never recognizes the name Nollywood, but the fact remain that Nollywood has come to say. We came to him for interview about Nollywood but all he could say is about the old Yoruba practitioners. When we ask him to direct us to who is who in Nollywood, he directed us to Chief Jimoh Aliu and out of respect for him and Chief we recorded about 4.5hours materials with them but we could only use 4 minutes of the material. The reason being that all they were talking about is how Yoruba people started filming in Nigeria and so on.
They see Nollywood as an Ibo thing; the same apply to Tunde Kelani. The only different is that he continues his own thing along side Nollywood. I guess the earlier Dr. Balogun and people like him drop the idea of tribalism and embrace Nollywood, the better for everybody because Nollywood has come to stay. We need their wealth of experience in Nollywood.